December 2020
A Thousand Moons Sebastian Berry
The Startup Wife Tahmima Anam
The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett
How to Stay Sane in an
Age of Division Elif Shafak
November 2020
The Mother Hunt Rex Stout
Ghosts Dolly Alderton
The Home-Maker Dorothy Canfield Fisher
The Street Ann Petry
The Morning Gift Eva Ibbotson
October 2020
The Emperor's Babe Bernardine Evaristo
Clean: A Story of Addiction Michele Kirsch
Such a Fun Age Kiley Reid
Real Life Brandon Taylor
September 2020
Small Pleasures Clare Chambers
The Girl with the Louding Voice Abi Dare
How Much of These Hills Is Gold C Pam Zhang
Love After Love Ingrid Persaud
August 2020
Silence Is a Sense Layla AlAmmar
Patch Work Claire Wilcox
Corrigedora Gayl Jones
The Enchanted April Elizabeth von Arnim
Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Some Kids I Taught and
What They Taught Me Kate Clanchy*
July 2020
Queenie Candice Carty-Williams
The Confessions of Frannie Langton Sara Collins
Girl A Abigail Dean
Cassandra at the Wedding Dorothy Baker*
Rodham Curtis Sittenfeld
June 2020
1234: The Beatles in Time Craig Brown
The Golden Rule Amanda Craig
An American Marriage Tayari Jones
The Courage to Care Christie Watson
Writers & Lovers Lily King
May 2020
The Great Godden Meg Rosoff
The Seduction Joanna Briscoe
Lost Children Archive Valeria Luiselli
April 2020
I Capture the Castle Dodie Smith (reread)
The Wheelwright's Daughter Eleanor Porter
Red at the Bone Jacqueline Woodson
Redhead by the Side of the Road Anne Tyler
Girl with Green Eyes Edna O'Brien
March 2020
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line Deepa Anappara
Brixton Hill Lottie Moggach
Adults Emma Jane Unsworth
Weather Jenni Offill
February 2020
Pachinko Min Jin Lee
Long Bright River Liz Moore
Girl, Woman, Other Bernardine Evaristo
January 2020
The Unfinished Palazzo: Life, Love and Art
In Venice Judith Mackrell
Once Upon a River Diane Setterfield
What It Is: Race, Family, and One
Thinking Black Man’s Blues Clifford Thompson
*My books of the year (fiction and nonfiction)